Author: By L. Kent Wolgamott Last Word Features
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Dirty Heads promises to play the hits in Colorado Springs show this weekend
Dustin “Duddy B” Bushnell learned a TikTok lesson awhile back when the Dirty Heads’ 2017 song “Vacation” became a viral sensation. The guitarist/co-lead vocalist for the California reggae-influenced alt rock band thought nothing of it when he learned that a TikTok influencer had revived the #VacationTransition” that got the song its first exposure on the…
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra set to bring unique holiday rock opera to Colorado Springs
Trans-Siberian Orchestra is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its rock opera “The Lost Christmas Eve” this holiday season on a tour that’s now sold 20 million tickets and, in doing so, surpassed more than $20 million in charity donations. Those numbers — 20 million tickets sold in 20 years — would seem to be impossible…
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Rock band Primus has ‘a few surprises’ planned for tour stop at Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs
Primus doesn’t have a new album to promote. Nor is the iconic, eclectic San Francisco rock band overtly paying tribute to one of its many influences as the group tours this summer. But that’s fine with bassist and band leader Les Claypool. “We’ve got a few surprises up our sleeves,” he said. Primus will perform…
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Electric blues musician relying on two guitars and a car for Colorado Springs stop
Tinsley Ellis is driving around the country on what Alligator Records has dubbed his “Two Guitars and a Car” tour. And the next stop is Thursday at Stargazers Theatre. That tour name comes from the fact that Ellis, a powerhouse electric blues/rock guitarist, is touring behind “Naked Truth,” his first acoustic album, carrying only the…